Harald Bathelt, Professor of Economic Geography, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Canada and Johannes Glückler, Professor and Chair of Economic Geographies of the Future, Department of Geography, LMU Munich, Germany

• ContentsPART I Foundations1 What is a relational approach?2 Location and strategyPART II Interaction and institution3 Markets and interaction4 Institutions and economic change PART III Organization5 Production and organization 6 Firms and internationalization

‘This is a compelling and inspirational book which shows why relationships between people, firms and organizations are fundamental to understanding economic geography and spatially uneven development. Drawing on diverse contemporary examples, the authors show that we need a better understanding of the unfolding of economic spaces that starts and ends with a social and relational understanding of human behaviour and decision-making, in which institutional and historical contexts exert a profound influence.’

Harald Bathelt, Professor of Economic Geography, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Canada and Johannes Glückler, Professor and Chair of Economic Geographies of the Future, Department of Geography, LMU Munich, Germany

• ContentsPART I Foundations1 What is a relational approach?2 Location and strategyPART II Interaction and institution3 Markets and interaction4 Institutions and economic change PART III Organization5 Production and organization 6 Firms and internationalization

‘This is a compelling and inspirational book which shows why relationships between people, firms and organizations are fundamental to understanding economic geography and spatially uneven development. Drawing on diverse contemporary examples, the authors show that we need a better understanding of the unfolding of economic spaces that starts and ends with a social and relational understanding of human behaviour and decision-making, in which institutional and historical contexts exert a profound influence.’

Harald Bathelt, Professor of Economic Geography, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Canada and Johannes Glückler, Professor and Chair of Economic Geographies of the Future, Department of Geography, LMU Munich, Germany

• ContentsPART I Foundations1 What is a relational approach?2 Location and strategyPART II Interaction and institution3 Markets and interaction4 Institutions and economic change PART III Organization5 Production and organization 6 Firms and internationalization

‘This is a compelling and inspirational book which shows why relationships between people, firms and organizations are fundamental to understanding economic geography and spatially uneven development. Drawing on diverse contemporary examples, the authors show that we need a better understanding of the unfolding of economic spaces that starts and ends with a social and relational understanding of human behaviour and decision-making, in which institutional and historical contexts exert a profound influence.’